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00:00I think the why behind One Music Fest is really because nothing like this honestly existed
00:17for a pocket of black culture, right?
00:20So it was very difficult to find, you know, outdoor, multi-generational, multi-genre festivals
00:28that catered to the whole scope and spectrum of black culture.
00:32And then we launched the first one in 2010, and never looked back.
00:35I mean, music is an essential piece.
00:37It's how you really connect into the hearts and minds of people.
00:41One of the ways that we're able to continue to cultivate the diversity of the demographics
00:46of Ebony from a global perspective is through music.
00:49You know, it's universally celebrated, and what better way to bond together as people
00:55than music?
00:57Particularly my personal favorite, hip-hop.
01:00What's up guys?
01:01It's your girl, Miss Capri, baby!
01:03You are watching Ebony, and we are here at the One Music Fest.
01:06It feels amazing for fans to be singing every word.
01:11At one point, the DJ stopped so that the fans could sing my song for me, and I love those
01:16moments because it just makes me feel like my dream has come true, and my purpose is
01:21still purposing through the vehicle of my music.
01:25So, always a cool feeling being in front of my crowd, and thank you to DJ Mars for
01:30having me out here today.
01:31This is the 15th One Music Fest here in Atlanta.
01:34I've been the host for the last seven years, and this is black excellence.
01:38I'm thoroughly excited and privileged to be able to grace the stage and put on for the
01:43city that I live in.
01:44Hey, what up?
01:45This is Lloyd, Longcare Don't Care, Find Two or Five Two, and I'm at One Music Fest with
01:51the legendary Ebony.
01:53I'm feeling blessed.
01:54I'm feeling thankful.
01:55I'm feeling humbled, appreciative.
01:57Right after the stage out there, it was pumping a lot, so just excited to be home, you know?
02:03I think first quarter of next year, I'm going to start dropping music pretty consistently.
02:08I've been sitting on this music for some time now, and my spirit is pretty much telling
02:13me, all right, you need to not be the only person hearing this stuff.
02:17I got a double album that I created.
02:19It's dedicated to my family.
02:22It's called Oceans and Rivers.
02:24It's named after my children, River, my son, Ocean, my daughter.
02:27It's a song that I have called Buckle Bunny.
02:29For whatever reason, it has kind of given people who haven't fully felt like they're
02:36included in the country conversation an identity and a way to step into country music and say,
02:42I may not know much about country, but I know I'm a buckle bunny.
02:45I know I got my own truck, got my own money.
02:47You know, I got a big back porch, but a little tummy.
02:52I think that song and that title has given people a confidence, and I see it when I come
02:58and perform, when they're singing the words to all of my songs and the smiles that I see
03:04on their faces.
03:06I feel the love.
03:07I think it's amazing to look out into the crowd and see moms with baby carriages, infants
03:12and toddlers, all the way up to 50 plus, 60 plus year old folks, right?
03:17It is so multi-generational and generational, and you can just see the love permeate through
03:22everybody, right?
03:23You know, it's family, it's culture, it's community, but it's also an opportunity for
03:30every aspect of the age ranges to find and explore and see something new.
03:35I think that's the great thing about it, right?
03:37The curation of the festival allows all of them to go, oh, I didn't know about Leon Thomas.
03:42Oh, I didn't know about Saucy Santana.
03:44Oh, I didn't know about Elmene, or those kind of things.
03:48So I think that part of it, it really gives us joy to introduce new things to the culture
03:54as well, to folks across all the age demographics.
03:57The energy today in Atlanta was phenomenal.
03:59I went up there, did my thing, I had my DJ with me, Tony Handsome.
04:03We caught a vibe.
04:04It's been interesting transitioning from the whole live band aspect of my show to doing
04:09something that's a little bit more broken down, but it's cool to see the response.
04:12I ain't new to the lyrics to much, and we're definitely showing a lot of love to a lot
04:16of my other records, too.
04:17I definitely bring my acting experience on the stage with me.
04:20I like to tell a story, get into the emotion of the lyric, try to really genuinely express
04:27what I was feeling when I wrote it, and I think that's a really good superpower that
04:30I need to continue to use on that stage.
04:33It's kind of like Broadway when you're doing a musical, you know?
04:35It's getting a little dramatic.
04:36I'm trying to bring the drama back to R&B.
04:38This is my shirt.
04:39My merch is 90's Fine.
04:40My single that's out right now is called 90's Fine, streaming everywhere.
04:44It's playlisted everywhere.
04:45Thank you to all of the streaming platforms.
04:47We just came about with the song because we were thinking of, like, how can we set me
04:50apart and how can we make me a champion for other girls who might not feel like they have
04:55somebody they can say, oh, she's talking to me.
04:57It's just for all the girls who want to be themselves and are happy with who God made
05:01them to be.
05:02My agent told me that Ebony 100 wanted to honor me, and I almost passed out because,
05:05you know, someone who I work behind the scenes, so we don't always get a lot of that type
05:09of recognition to be put.
05:11And then as far as choreographers go, we really are kind of like slim to none.
05:15To have black folks celebrating us is really important, and it means the world to me.
05:19I'll take that award over anything, honestly.
05:21And to be a Power 100 is, I don't know, I just, I'm very honored.
05:25Very humbled by it.
05:26My favorite moment for the festival is from the moment we start planning to the day the
05:31last act hit.
05:32And when people walk away and just that next day, looking at all the reactions, the good
05:37and bad, and learning how to grow and continue to put back in our community.
05:42We employ over 4,000 people each year.
05:46So we look forward to that.
05:48I'm excited about that.
05:50So I look forward to, like, every year, creating moments that when people walk away, they're
05:55like, oh, it can only happen there.
05:57My favorite part of this all is going back to what Motown said as far as a family reunion.
06:03A lot of the people that you see that makes up a big part of our audience has been here
06:07since day one and continue to grow and evolve with us.
06:11And it's just a beautiful experience.
06:12So coming here every year after year, it is a family reunion, a homecoming.